The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
OUR TREES AND FRUIT.
The last of One Crop and the Prospect. for
An0ther-VeRetables Instead of Orange.
Room for the Former.


The last of One Crop and the Prospect. for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Instead of Orange.
Room for the Former.
Correspondence u the Paldtkd Ne,rs.
FEDERAL POINT, FLA, April Is.
The orange crop is nearly all harvested
for this season, being a very small one
some fine fruit, but the average was too
large, thick-skinned and dry, selling in
the market for a small price; but the
trees are in fine condition now, with a
show for a fair crop for the coming sea-
son, which will no doubt b. of much
better quality than that of the present
seasOn. Whether they will bring better
prices or not is simply a matter
OF conjecture, as the crop
throughout the State will undoubtedly
be larger than that of the past year, but
of better quality. We presume
the time will come when orange grow
ing viii find its level as a legitimate
business, like that of other horticultural
productions, and some of the groves i'm
the poorer sections of the State. where
heavy expenditure for fertilizer is
necessary, may become Improbable and
be abandoned, but with our soil at Fed
eral Point we have no such fears. and
look forward to orange growing as IA
profitable enterprise that is enduring.
Our people have this year turned their
attention and labor to the growing of
Irish potatoes, cabbage and the like
| more than usual and with good results.
the crops being good and the prices fair.
This diversity Of crop is a good idea
where a man has suitable soil. for if it
were more generally practiced though
the orange growing section would result
in much benefit to all concerned.
think the people here in Florida will do
| better to give up the feverish anxiety in
regard to inducing immigration. and
direct their efforts more to making them
selves independent of outside mar
kets, or, in other words, become
more self-sustaining by the pro-
duction of as many of the farm
producing plants as possible. Immigra-
ton will regulate itself. A community
that always has a surplus product to sell
is not going to be long overlooked by the
home-seeker from the more thickly set
tied sections and countries, who depend
upon their labor for a support, and
although printers ink" is in no way to
to be despised, yet big crops along with
| it make foundation for solid prosperity
| that needs no pampering to attract at
tention or warrant success. Florida is
bound to prosper whether Bloxham or
Perry are elected to the United States
Senate. Her productions, soil and eli
mate are too well known to be forgotten.
| Let what will happen her growth once
| commenced is bound to go steadily on
| despite the little fiurries that will some
times make the idols tremble, but fails
to affect the community at large There
| fore, having full faith in the future
| prosperity of Florida. and Federal Point
| IN particular we note the clearing up of
the winters business and the commence
ment of that belonging to spring and
summer with complacency, having full
| faith that the coming fall will find lis
well remembered through one in good
| trim for another seasons work.
Noticing the editorial in one of Your
| last weeks issues, in regard to G. III.
Jones, we have to request the editor of
| this paper to employ some other fellow
| to write his editorials if he should ever
| take it into his head to start for the
scalp of your correspondent. We can
put up with being cut and hacked and
| bruised, but to be torn all into strings
and hung up to dry is more than we
banker after. Poor Jones!